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Six tips for spotting melanoma

Mole or melanoma? Basal cell or nodular? Benign or cancerous? How to tell the difference.

Opinion: How chronically sleep-deprived we really are

Telegraph: Exhaustion has been a twisted status symbol for too long, says Bryony Gordon.

How I lost my ‘dad bod’ in just 10 weeks

Telegraph: When Gareth Davies hit 101kg, he knew he had to act.

Health and Disability Commissioner calls for 'urgent' action in Hawke's Bay radiology crisis

Letters show watchdog urged action several months before release of damning report.

Why taking a 'sickie' could cost you in other benefits

The number of days staff were absent from work last year increased to a record high.

The 10 best exercises to burn calories fast

Telegraph: Looking for maximum burn? Here's how the numbers stack up.

Sweet spot: Seven reasons you should swap sugar for honey

Telegraph: Honey is sweeter than sugar - and a whole lot better for you.

Popular dive operator avoids prosecution after traumatic school trip

The dive company avoided prosecution over a traumatic Poor Knights school trip.

‘Frustrated and disheartened’: Dental surgeons unable to keep up with children’s waitlist

About 4000 children are waiting for dental surgery at any one time.

'Fobbed off': Woman mistakes cancer symptoms for allergies

A woman has revealed the symptoms of her crushing diagnosis that multiple doctors missed.

‘I got rid of my visceral belly fat with the common sense diet’

Telegraph: For the midlife man, it's not how fat you are but where the fat is that counts.

The team behind a tragedy: How experts help school children after trauma

The team was called in to help after the train tragedy in Mount Maunganui.

Karate transforms local woman's health and confidence

Karate has significantly improved her Parkinson's disease symptoms.

How to eat your way to better brain health in six weeks

Telegraph: Dementia is feared more than cancer - but there are ways to reduce your risk.

Strep A study: NZ exposed to ‘worldwide population’ of nasty bacteria

A new analysis raises tricky challenges for burgeoning efforts to make a strep A vaccine.

Can drinking too much water kill you?

Drinking too much water can result in hyponatraemia - and sometimes death.

10 ways to find the ‘wow’ again in midlife

As adults, we often lose our sense of wonder - meet the woman set on getting it back.

New 'taboo' trend women are embracing

Young women are embracing something that has been seen as taboo in the past.